22-19-181
Section 22-19-181 Cooperation between coroner, medical examiner, and procurement organization.
(a) A coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or local public health official or
a designee shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover
anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education when
it has been determined that the recovery will not interfere with a death investigation. The
organ procurement organization, tissue bank, and eye bank will make every reasonable effort
to seek approval and release from the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or
designee prior to proceeding with consent approaches to the authorized parties as described
in this article. The request for release process will begin with the coroner or designee,
who may defer to the medical examiner or designee, who may subsequently defer to the district
attorney or designee. At the time of coroner or medical examiner or district...
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45-37-123.01
RETIREMENT BENEFIT. A benefit payable pursuant to the terms of subsection (a) of Section 45-37-123.100.
(52) SYSTEM or PLAN. The General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County, which
system or plan may sue or be sued, and in such name all of its business shall be transacted.
(53) SPOUSE. The legal wife or husband of a member as determined in accordance with federal
law. (54) TOTAL DISABILITY. A permanent physical or mental condition of a member resulting
from bodily injury, disease, or mental disorder which renders such member incapable
of continuing usual and customary employment with the county. The disability of a member shall
be determined by a licensed medical advisor. (55) TRUSTEE. The pension board or the person
or entity appointed by the pension board and named as trustee herein or in any separate trust
forming a part of the plan, and any successors. (56) TRUST FUND. The tax-qualified trust in
which certain plan funds are held, disbursed, transferred,...
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45-27-60.08
Section 45-27-60.08 Personal effects of deceased; notice to next of kin. The county
medical examiner and assistant medical examiners of Escambia County, or any law enforcement
officer having jurisdiction and the approval of the county medical examiner, shall take possession
of personal effects on or about the dead body and notify the next of kin in regard
to the death. The personal effects may either be retained as evidence if deemed necessary
or be returned forthwith to the next of kin. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §9.)...
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45-10-171
Section 45-10-171 Persons authorized to issue death certificates; availability to next of kin;
fees; violations. (a) In Cherokee County any county health officer or administrator is hereby
authorized to issue an official death certificate in any case within the county, except where
an autopsy is required. Data obtained from the attending physician or funeral director shall
be kept on file for one year following the death for the purpose of issuing such death certificate.
Such certificate shall be in all particulars the same as those issued by the State Department
of Public Health in any court or for insurance purposes. Nothing in this section shall affect
any existing duty of any person to gather and transmit data to the local registrar or to the
State Health Department. (b) The county health officer shall not later than 10 days from the
date of death, make such official death certificate available to the surviving spouse or next
of kin of the deceased at a fee not greater than that...
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15-4-2
Section 15-4-2 Examination of body and report by coroner; postmortem, autopsy or internal examination
of body and report by physician or surgeon. (a) When a coroner has been informed that a person
is dead in the county and that such person died without being attended or examined by a legally
qualified physician, the coroner shall forthwith proceed to the place where the dead person
is lying, examine the dead body to ascertain the cause of death and report same in the same
manner as inquests are reported. (b) When a coroner is unable to determine the cause of death,
he may summon any physician or surgeon, who shall make an external postmortem examination
of the dead body and report his opinion of the cause of death to the coroner in writing. (c)
If the surgeon or physician is unable to determine the cause of death from an external postmortem
examination and the coroner has reasonable cause to believe that deceased came to his death
by unlawful means, the coroner may in such cases order...
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45-49-171.67
Section 45-49-171.67 Personal effects on or about body. The County Medical Examiner
of Mobile County or any law enforcement officer having jurisdiction and with the approval
of the county medical examiner shall take possession of personal effects on or about
the dead body and notify the next of kin in regard to the death. Such personal effects
may be retained as evidence if deemed necessary or forthwith be returned to the next of kin.
(Act 87-525, p. 794, § 8.)...
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26-16-96
may succeed themselves but shall not serve more than two consecutive terms. Terms for these
members shall be staggered. (f) The initial meeting of the local team shall be held within
60 days of September 11, 1997. (g) A quorum for conducting all activities shall be determined
by the local team. A simple majority of members present constituting a quorum shall be required
for any affirmative vote. (h) The purpose of the local team is to decrease the incidence of
unexpected/unexplained child injury and death by the following means: (1) Identifying
factors which make a child at risk of injury or death. (2) Sharing information among
the agencies which provide services to children and families or which investigate child deaths
or provide services. (3) Improving local investigations of unexpected/unexplained child deaths
by participating agencies. (4) Improving existing services and systems and assisting in the
establishment of additional services and systems to fill in gaps in the...
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22-19-47
Section 22-19-47 Powers, duties and liabilities upon death. (a) The donee may accept or reject
the gift. If the donee accepts a gift of the entire body, he may, subject to the terms of
the gift, authorize embalming and the use of the body in funeral services. If the gift is
of a part of the body, the donee, upon the death of the donor and prior to embalming, shall
cause the part to be removed without unnecessary mutilation. After removal of the part, custody
or the remainder of the body vests in the surviving spouse, next of kin or other persons under
obligations to dispose of the body. (b) The time of death shall be determined by a physician
who attends the donor at his death or, if none, the physician who certifies the death. The
physician shall not participate in the procedures for removing or transplanting a part. (c)
A person who acts in good faith in accord with the terms of this article or with the anatomical
gift laws of another state or a foreign country is not liable for...
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45-15-171.01
Section 45-15-171.01 Issuance of death certificates; fees. (a) In Cleburne County, any county
health officer or administrator is hereby authorized to issue an official death certificate
in any case within the county, except where an autopsy is required. Data obtained from the
attending physician or funeral director shall be kept on file for one year following the death
for the purpose of issuing such death certificate. Such certificate shall be in all particulars
the same as those issued by the State Department of Public Health in any court or for insurance
purposes. Nothing in this section shall affect any existing duty of any person to gather and
transmit data to the local registrar or to the State Health Department. (b) The county health
officer, not later than 10 days from the date of death, shall make such official death certificate
available to the surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased at a fee not greater than
that charged by the State Health Department for the same...
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45-28-170
Section 45-28-170 Death certificates. (a) Any Etowah County health officer or administrator
is authorized to issue an official death certificate in any case within the county, except
where an autopsy is required. Data obtained from the attending physician or funeral director
shall be kept on file for one year following the death for the purpose of issuing such death
certificate. Such certificate shall be in all particulars the same as those issued by the
State Department of Public Health in any court or for insurance purposes. Nothing in this
section shall affect any existing duty of any person to gather and transmit data to the local
registrar or to the State Health Department. (b) The county health officer shall not later
than 10 days from the date of death, make such official death certificate available to the
surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased at a fee not greater than that charged by
the State Health Department for the same service. The county health officer shall...
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